Beachcomber's Windowsill

VINYL FORMAT. Beachcomber's Windowsill is the new album from newly signed 4AD band Stornoway. The album has taken more than five years to make; a labor of love that includes over a hundred different instruments, the chimes of a Dutch church bell, one Morse Code mes¬sage and the sound of several carrots being chopped. It is an album that features as many bedrooms as there are songs, as well as ruminations on the computer age, ornithology and first love. There is something about Stornoway that inspires a fe¬verish devotion; an adoration conjured by the charm of their songs, and the kind of rousing live perfor¬mances that are capable of stirring even the most skep¬tical hearts. From the opening zip-thunk of "Zorbing" to the final sweet lurch of "Long-Distance Lullaby," via the plaintive call of "Boats and Trains," Beachcomber's Windowsill is eleven of the most pure and perfect pop songs that mark out Stornoway as Britain's most talented young band.